Temple device for looms.



\ L. (ms/mam. TEMPLE DEVICE FOR LOOMS. AP-PLICATIO FILED MAR. 21 l9 l5-- 1,230,79%u Patented June19, 1917;

" 7 D STATES PATENT omen."

' LITFALL AH G. SABB AG, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFYD'O MAURICE A. METCALF, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.-

rEMrLE DEVICE FOR LQOMS.

'To all whom it m ((3 concern:

. Be it known that I, LITFALLAH G. San- BAG, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Boston, inthe county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful. Improvements in Temple Devices for Looms, of which the following is a specification; My invention relates to a temple stand and temple for looms. V

'' 'Qne' object of my invention 1s to provide a simple, cheap and ,durable device adapted to be readily adjusted by unskilled persons,

which shall be more efiicient than present types of temple with respect to the preven tion of shrinkage in width from the tension of the weft, and which shall be free from any tendency to damage the cloth, as by puncturing, tearing, or detaining and pull-' mg on projecting. ends of yarn.

Loom temples of the prior art comprising rotating devices of one sort or another held by a pod, stand or other mounting in such a manner as to engage the cloth between the point reached by the forward stroke of the lay and the breast beam, the

position of'the axis and-the conformation 'of'the roll "forming the temple proper being relied upon to strain the cloth laterally with respect to-its direction of travel to the take-up rolls, are all, so far as I am aware,

defective because of clogging and stoppage due to the stray ends or promoting yarns always found in' greater or less quantity near the'fselva'ge of the new cloth..- It is practically impossible, to, avoid the entrance of an occasionalstray yarn between'the teml roll-proper and :its stud, gudgeon or earing,,whereupon the yarn wraps around the bearing or roll, often stops the rotation ofthe'i temple proper, and often causes dainage to the cloth in the bestpractice of whlch Iain aware.

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It has heretofore been proposed to shear yarns projecting from the selvage ahead of wholly-successful ins-avoiding grasping an otli jat" this point, sometimes beyond re- In one aspectmy inventionrelates to the provision of means for maintainlng the occasional projecting endfand damaging the cloth under a lateral strainby thefuse'of relatively stationary devices with respect to which the take-up and groivtl ui lovement of the cloth reacts to )la'cethe clothunder a lateral stretching strain. My

vention also relates tothe provision of an improved mounting or stand for the stud or other temple devices, and to a weft sever; ing device operating in conjunction with the temple proper sons to shear from the cloth projecting wefts or other waste yarns extending beyond the selvage.

In the accompai'rving drawings,

Figure l is a side elevation of the right hand temple of a like butsymmetrically opposite pair, section;

Fig. 2 is a detail view similar "to Fig. '1,- but showing the la v at theforwardextrem itv of its throw, and showing the weft sever ing means in another position;

Fig. 3 is a plan view;

Fig. 4 is a detail plan of the cap or cover;

Fig. '5 is a plan illustrating'a syn'nnet'rical pair of oppositetemples;

Fig. 6 is a detail elevationcorresponding to Fig. 1, the severing device being '1*e-' moved; a M

Fig. 7 is a diagram elevation from the center of the loom illustrating the operation of the temple rolls; l 1

Fig. 8 is a right hand elevation 'of fthe devices shown in Fig. 1; and

Fig.9 is an elevation partly in section illustrating a modification.

showing thebrea s t b 'i i Referring now to Fig. 1. on a 'convenientplace in the loom, for instance the breast",

beam 1. a mounting 2 comprising. a b'ase 3 and abeai'ing l ismounted for adjustmenttravel of the .formingqc'loth. at" the'desi'redf} distance from the, center ofthe -loon'1 o a, each side thereof. Preferably tl1"basef3isf slotted for hold-down screws and one:

preferred form of adjustment-is'that'- shown in Fig. 3 in which counter-sinks '6 in the base 3 are connected by a slot 'TSo that th'e screws 5 may be loosened andthe baseivad justed ,to conform to' a? difierent width' o clot-h, without changingthe "direction- *of the bearing 4. Sliding freely in the bore in .the bearing 4 a threaded stem 10 is provided with lock nuts 11 and with keying means to prevent rotation of the stem 10 The temple proper is carried by a mount-.

ing integral with or attached to head 15. which may be provided with a depending lug 16 adapted to be struck by the lay 18 at the forward extremity of its heat.

By the construction described. the motion of the temple carried by the head 15 of the stem 10 in a direction contrary to the motion of the cloth or Like the direction of growth of the cloth is caused by the spring ll. and the extent of this motion (which takes the temple to a new place in the cloth at each beat of the lay) is adjusted by the lock nuts 11. I have found in practice that structures usual in the art for mounting temples and comprising integral restraining means corresponding to the lock nuts 11 are soon rendered useless by wear. the adjustment at 11 for the backward position of the temple mounting being of importance to the correct operation of any form of temple.

In order to avoid the defect of'the. clogging of rotating rolls. as mentioned above.

v the temple carried by the mounting 10. 15

or penetrating the cloth is preferably provided with fixed elements serving to stretch the cloth outwardly with respect to the. center line of the loom. I have devised means for this purpose charac terized by the absence of parts puncturing and adapted to firmly grasp the edges of the cloth. One preferred form of this means is illustrated in Figs. 5. G'and T. comprising (see Fig. i) a 21 have right-hand 'ifight'sl'iand screw threads. temple. the arrangement of grooved surfaces tangent to-the peripheries 20 intersects one "desired.

staggered series of fixed grooved bodies 20. 21. preferably comprising screw-threaded cylinders as SllOWlL-SO placed that a lineof an upper series so that the path of the '21 is sinuous shown in Fig. l. Anvnumber 01 lQJOCllttS 20. 2l may be provided. as

jibe bottom. in Fig. 5) the bodies 20 have grooves. sloping to the left. as by making them as left-handed screws. and the bodies sloping grooves. such as For the other is opposite. p

.The respective bodies 20 and 21 are fixed, but preferably not immovably fixed. in a pod or casing 22 integral with or attached to the head 15 on the stem 10, said casing instance as shown.

' rolls 20 and the rolls 21.

or more of the lower series- The bodies 20. 21 do not touch. but .may be separated [clotha between the series 20 and the series provide in the cloth a series the cloth under manufacture,

tance between the rolls or bodies 20 and the rolls or bodies :21 adjustable. and ,I may provide any convenient means tor 1 lis purpose. for instance as shown in Fig. l by providing on the cover 2+ a dept-ruling lug 25' having bores for the rolls 12 the ca ing 2:. being suitably recessed to admit the lug 2%). The distance between the bodies :0 and 21' may thus be adjusted by adjustment of screw 30 in a threaded hole in cove! 24 and lug 2!). taking against sing 32. the position of the rolls being Ina-iced by screw A One convenient means as shown for mounting of the grooved bodies 2 21 i to screw their ends in tapped llUl0 in the vasing 22. the outer ends of said rolls being provided with slots for a screw driver ;I. shown in l3 and b. but in some cases i may reduce the outer ends of the rolls and insert them in holes either tapper or Inn tapped in the casing 22. and l may provide any convenient means for adjlbting. l'utating or fixing against rotation the roll or bodies 20. 21. which in any case are stationary in a rotative sense in operation. By the illustrative construction 'I am enabled to rotate them in their hearings in the casing long use.

In use. the cloth a run between the motion with respect to the templemounting. the cloth is placed strain with respect to 100111 by the directive action of the svlt-w threads on the respective rolls i l and 21. The longitudinal tension on the cloth suflicient to cause it to follow the contour of the threaded rolls or bodies. and so to of ridges or creases at the part in contact with the temple permitting longitudinal movement. but which the ordinary lateral strains of heatup and take-up can not release. my-temple in action proving its resistance to diminution of the width of thecloth to be superior to that of temples relying .upon puncturing devices. but with the advantage that nodestructive strain is put upon the cloth.

The gage and form of inclined grooves. such as the spiral threads of the round roll-s 20 and 21 may bevaried in accordance with but I 'find in practice that quarter-inch rolls-threaded-12 to the inch, for one instance only, are practaking against the flat to present afresh wear surface after and by its relative under an outward the center of the ticable for awide range of cotton cloths, the temple specified having the characteristics above noted. ,QOneatlvantage of my device lies in the freedom from any possibility of entanglementiwith the rolls 20, 21 of loose ends, there being no moving parts capable of wrapping .an end into a bearing. But I neyertheless findit desirable to provide for cutting projecting wefts or other waste at the selvage, and t'or this purposev I am able to ut iZ e the stronghold taken upon the cloth and upon the weft with relation to the warp in the cloth to enable cuttingthe waste ends at, the temple in a superior manner.

.Xot only the cloth but the wefts within the clothbeing held at passage of the rolls and 21 under restraint against lateral DIOVQIDQDt-lfl either direction, I am able to cut the projecting weft by gripping it at a point separated trom the selvage. and then cutting the run of yarn between the selvage and the point at which it is gripped. Pivoted on a shoulder screw fast in the casing '22. a gravity, lever 36 having a heavy canrend 37 in the path of the lay 18 is provided, with a sharpened depending knife blade 38. 'hen the lay beats forward. the lever 36 is rocked downward to give the blade 38 a cutting stroke. for instance carrying it through the plane of the cloth. Surrounding the screw 35, to be actuated by the lever-36.- (as by having an end e'ntering ahole 39 of the lever) I provide a resilient gripping device l0 which may be made as shown of spring-wire carrying in a loop at oneend a yielding block 41 of rubber, felt, leather or the like.

Integral'with or attached ,to the cover 2i I provide an anvil l2, for instance as shown by a downward and outward bend 4-3 of, a thin integral-extension of the material of the cover 2-1:. The casing 22 is provided with a slot it having if desired "a flared'-mo1 1th. adapted to receive a projecting weft or other "end as the cloth moves into the ten1'ple.and preferably I provide the anvil 2 with a downwardly and inwardly bent extension 45 to direct the yarns above anvil 4:2 and so placed astogive free play tothe blade 38 of lever 36, as shown.

, One, or bothtemples may be provided with cutters and clamps as described.

By'the described constructions. relativemotion of the cloth presents the loose ends at the selvage in the slot H and over the anvil, l2. Upon the next beat of the lay after entrance of such a waste end, the block *1 is first brought down upon the waste end, and the lever 36 is then further actuated to cut the tautly held'wast-e yarn. The cloth to which the waste yarn is attached is meanwhile .crinkled or crimped in the grip of the bodies 2Q, 21, so that the operation of the blade 38 is of no eficct to pull a weft or damagethe cloth;

It will be observedthatthe stretching pull on the cloth, by my device. between the areas measured by the length and width of the cloth ain engagement with the bodies This area is larger" than in any prior temple device "ofwhi'ch I am aware, and I am thereby enabled to exert 'a' greater strain on weak cloth than has beenjh'eretofore possible. while preventing injury to the cloth in the mannerdescribed. I

\Vhile I have described and shownrotatable bodies 20, 21. it will'be miderstood by those skilled in the art that the active 'sur-. faces of said bodies 'are those contacting with the cloth. and that in "some. cases the bodies 20 or 21. or both. may be segments of cylinders or other solid forms not round as shown. and that'the respective bodies 20 '21 may in that case be imjulnted throughout their length on or be integral with surfaces of a casing 22 and a cover it. by which the respective bodies are held in the relation to each other and the cloth r/ above explained.

For convenience of illustrgtion. I have shown the severing device mounted on but one of the temple devices. but I 't-ontem ilate providing similar severing n'ieans' fonfboth temples when desirable or necessary. especially in'looms providiiig for holding a. shuttle or shuttles idle at each'side of the cloth. 'hile I have 1nentione'd severin" projecting wet'ts. .it will be understood that my device readily picks up and severs as well any componei'ityarn projecting at the selvage and liable to be caught and pulled at the temple.

hat I claim is: g i 1 1. A loom having a breast beam for determining the position ofthe cloth. in combination with independent mountings at each sideof the cloth. each lia'vingffixed thereto means adapted to determine a se' ries of temporary folds or ridges at and near the respective selvages ot the cloth only, said folds .or ridges. lying longitudinallv of but. at anangle to the directlon of progress of the cloth. whereby relative movement beclothto be strained ltlte'rally. j

2. A; loom having a lay'anda breast beam tween the cloth. and'said means causes the for determining the position of the cloth, in

3. A loom having therein a breast beam for determining the position of the cloth, and temples (I011 comprising a mounting,

bodies having a series of surface grooves or ridges therein, and meansfor supporting on said mountings fixedly with respect to each other aplurality of said bodies respectively in contact with the opposite sides and at and near the selvages only of the cloth positioned by said breast beam, said mountings being adapted to position said grooves or ridges a.

plane defined by th'e surfaces of the others.

5. A temple device for looins comprising a series of free-ended bodies having inclined grooves arranged in staggered relation, whereby cloth may be passed sinuously between said bodies, and means adapted to yield in the direction of motion of the cloth for holding said bodies relatively fixed in relation to each other, whereby stress upon the cloth is resisted by said bodies in one direction more than in another.

6. Atemple device for looms comprising three or more free-ended grooved bodies and means for holding them fixed in relation to each other in separated staggered relation,-

to admit the cloth sinuously between said bodies, and means for supporting said hold- .ing means and grooved bodies whereby la'tera-l stress upon the cloth is resisted by the grooves in said bodies and longitudinal relative movement between saidbodies and the cloth is permitted. 7

7. A loom temple comprising a casing, a

plurality more than three of free ended bodies fixedly held in relation to each other in said casing to leave a free sinuous path between said bodies for one edge of. the

cloth, said bodies having grooved surfaces, the grooves on each side of the path for the cloth being inclined in the same direction.

8. A loom temple comprising a casin and cylindrical bodies fixed for rotative a justment in said casing to leave a free sinuous blade being path between said bodies for the cloth, said bodies having grooved surfaces. the grooves on each side of the path for the cloth being inclined in the same direction.

9. A temple device for looms comprising a casing; a series of normally fixed bodies having grooves on the surface thereof mounted in said casing. a cover removable normally fixedfor said casing,.and a cotiperating series of similarlyand oppositely grooved bodies fixed to said cover whereby, when the parts are assembled a sinuous path for cloth contacting on each side thereof with said-grooved surfaces is provided. 10. In a temple device for looms the combination of a temple stand and a casing adapted to yield longitudinally in the direction of travel of the cloth in combination with fixed bodies in said casing having grooves adapted to engage the cloth resp ec' tivelv on opposite sides and inclined to the direction of motion of said mounting.

11. A loom having in combination a breast beam, a lav. and means adapted to be mounted on the breast beam comprising a longitudinal bearing, a stem therein. an adjustable stop on the stem, a compression spring reacting between said bearing and a head on said stem,-a casing fixed to said head. fixed grooved bodies in said casing for directin the progress of the cloth in contact with said bodies, and a lug carried by said stem adapt ed to be struck by the lay.

12. A yarn cutting temple device for looms comprising a temple casing, aclamp device comprising an anvil spaced. away.

from said casing, a severing blade working between said anvil and casing and out of contact with either, and means for operat ing said clamp device and said severing blade adapted-first to close the clamp on or yarn, and thereafter 'to sever the yarn.

13. A severing device for cooperation with a loom temple comprising a casing;- an anvil separated from said casing, a gripper device comprising a spring arm and '.resilient member adapted to compress a yarn on said anvil, a severing blade made a lever having a cam end adapted to be actuated by a moving partof the loom said pivoted to enter between said anvil and casing, and means connecting said lever'and spring arm adapted to close the gripper prior to'severi'ig a yarn lying 1onsaid anvil.

Signed by me at this 18th day of March, 1916.

LITFALLAH o. SABBAG.

Boston, Massachusetts,' 

